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Adobe Security Bulletin Summary for February 2013

Number: AV13-009
Date: February 14, 2013

Purpose

The purpose of this advisory is to bring attention to the monthly Adobe Security Bulletin Summary for February. The summary covers three critical bulletins, which address multiple vulnerabilities in some Adobe products.

Assessment

Adobe has released the following security bulletins:

APSB13-04 –Adobe Flash Player

Details: This critical update addresses vulnerabilities that are being actively exploited in the wild in targeted attacks either by hosting malicious flash content on websites that target Flash Player in Firefox or Safari, or in a Microsoft Word document delivered as an email attachment. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.

Affected Products:

Adobe Flash Player 11.5.502.146 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh

Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.261 and earlier versions for Linux

Adobe Flash Player 11.1.115.36 and earlier versions for Android 4.x

Adobe Flash Player 11.1.111.31 and earlier versions for Android 3.x and 2.x

Details: This critical update addresses vulnerabilities that could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. It also resolves a buffer overflow, an integer overflow, memory corruption and use-after-free vulnerability that could lead to code execution or information disclosure.

Affected Products:

Adobe Flash Player 11.5.502.149 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh

Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.262 and earlier versions for Linux

Adobe Flash Player 11.1.115.37 and earlier versions for Android 4.x

Adobe Flash Player 11.1.111.32 and earlier versions for Android 3.x and 2.x

Note to Readers

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